Baling-press.



No.' 667,376. Patented Feb. 5, |90I.

J.IS. TUTTLE.

BALING PRESS.

(Application led. Mar. 15, 1900*.)

(No Iodel.)

Inl/afzien' JoJl'aL fuiile .1&92.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOSIAH S. TUTTLE, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO J. M. WILSON, OF SAME PLACE, AND J. lV. LOWE AND E. P. ROSS, OF KANSAS CITY,

MISSOURI.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.v667,376, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed March 15, 1900. Serial No. 8,708. (No model.)

1b @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it lknown that I, J osIAH S. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kan sas City, Wyandotte county, Kansas, have invented a new and useful Ealing-Press, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in baling-presses; and one object is to provide a self-feeder consisting of a hopper` having four vertical sides, one of which is hinged in order that it may be let down to a convenient position to form a feed-table, so that the operator standing on the ground may easily pitch the hay or other material to be baled thereon, and thus avoid the necessity of handling the material the second time, now required where the usual stationary feed-table located on the hopper is employed.

Another object is to provide reliable means for elevating the feed-table to a vertical position, so it will compress and deposit its charge into the hopper on the recoil of the pitman.

A further object is to provide a reciprocatory feed-head adapted to reliably force the charge lodged in the hopper down into the baling-chamber in advance of the plungers and then rapidly return to its elevated position ready for another charge.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a baling-press provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the baling-case with the adjacent parts of my self-feeder. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of same, taken on line III III.

In said drawings, 1 indicates a baling-press having front and rear axles 2 and 3, provided with carrying-wheels 4L.

5 indicates a bed-plate connecting the power end of the press to the baling-chamber 6, which receives its charge of material from a hopper 7. Said hopper consists of four vertical walls, one of which is secured at its lower end to the upper portion of the balingcase by hinges 8 in order that its upper end may be let down to form a feed-table 9 for the reception of the material to be baled.

As the material is deposited by the attendant upon the feed-table it is prevented from being blown off by the wind or otherwise accidentally displaced therefrom by the segmental extensions 10, formed integral with the end walls of the hopper and extending downwardly to the feed-table when the latter is at its lowest position. By thus practically inclosing the charge on four sides the annoyance of having it blown about by the wind, which is now a common source of trouble where the ordinary feed-table on top of the hopper is employed, is obviated.

The inner surface of the feed-table is armed with a suitable number of retainers 11,rigidly secured thereto by rivets 12, and these, together with similar retainers 11a, secured to the inner opposite side of the hopper, prevent the hay from bulging out ofv the latter when elevated by the feed-table.

13 13 indicate arms rigidly secured to the upper corners of the feed-table to receive the ends of cables 14, which extend upwardly over sheaves 15 and are secured at their opposite ends to the terminals of a transverse bar 16. Sheaves 15 are journaled on the outer cylindrical terminals of arms 17, riveted to the upper corners of the hopper.

18 indicates an operating-cable secured atits upper end to the central portion of transverse bar 16, from whence it extends downwardly beneath a sheave-wheel19, around one side of another sheave-wheel 19a, secured to the baling-case, and is attached at its opposite end to an eyebolt 20, secured to the pitman 21, so that on the recoil of the latter the cables become taut and elevate the outer end of the feed-table to a vertical position, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 3, and deposits its charge into the hopper. When the pitman advances on its compression-stroke, the cables slack and permit the feed-table to descend to its former position for the reception of'a fresh charge of material. In order to preclude any danger of the table remaining in a vertical position after the pitman has advanced on its compression stroke, I provide a retractile spring 22, secured at its opposite terminals to eyebolts 23 24:, secured to the lower portion of the table and upper portion of the adjacent IOO wall of the baling-chamber. The feed-table when occupying its lowest position is supported at its outer end, by a transverse bar 10a, which unites and braces the outer terminals of the segmental end walls 10. Alfter the charge has been deposited in the hopper it is thrust down into the billing-chamber by a reciprocating feed-head 25, serrated at its under side toincrease its grip on the material, and tapering upwardly to a vertical shank portion 26, adjustably secured in an aperture 27 in the horizontal arm of an inverted bracket 28 by means of a set-screw 29. The vertical arm 30 of said bracket is interposed between two vertical rails 31, and is provided near its opposite ends with guide-rollers 32 for maintaining the bracket in position between said rails while traveling up and down. The bracket, together with the feed-head, is normally held in an elevated position by a cable 33, attached to an eye 34 in the upper portion of the bracket, and, passing upwardly over a sheave-wheel 35, extends downwardly and is attached at its opposite terminal to a retractile spring 36, the lower end of which is engaged by a hook 37, secured to the side of the baling-case. The bracket, together with the feed-head, is rapidly moved on its downward stroke by a cable 38, attached to a hook 39, secured to the lower end of the bracket, and, passing downwardly beneath a sheave-wheel 40, is attached at its opposite terminal to an os'- cillatory arm 4l, pivotall y secured at its other end to the bed-plate by a pin 42. The pivoted end of said arm is provided with an integral lug 43, arranged in the path of projections 44, formed integral with and equally dividing the periphery o cam-wheel 45 into three parts. Said cam-wheel is rigidly mounted upon a vertical power-shaft 46, which may be journaled in the ordinary manner, and is provided with a rigidly-mounted triple-arm trip-lever 47, arranged just above the camwheel and adapted to operate the pitman in the customary manner.

The power-shaft in this instance, is operated through the medium ot' a sweep 48, rigidly mounted upon the upper terminal thereof; but of course I reserve the right to employ either horse or steam power for its operation.

Sheave wheels 19 and 40 are rotatably mountednpon a stub-shaft 4.9,rigidly secured atits inner end to the baling-case, and supported at its outer terminal by a bracketbearing 50, rigidly secured to the-baling-case and which also acts as a guard in retaining cables 18 38 in position on the sheave-wheels.

The operation is substantially as follows:

The first charge of hay or material to be baled is deposited in the hopper and the trip-lever is rotated to advance the pitman on its compression-stroke. The rotation of the triplever, together with the cam-wheel,soon brings one ofthe projections on the latter in contactv with the lug on lever 41, rapidly rotating it to the position indicated by dotted lines,

Fig. 1, and causing it, throughthe instrumentality of cable 38, to draw the feed-head down against the charge and force it into the balingchamber in front of the advancing plunger. When the feed-head has reached the end of its downward stroke lever 4l is instantly released by the cam-wheel, permitting spring 36 to rapidly elevate the feed-head out of the path of the plunger and return lever 4l t0 its former position. As the pitman advances on its compression-stroke cable 18 becomes slack and permits the feed-table to drop down onto its supporting-bar to receive another charge of material, which it elevates to the hopper on the recoil of the pitman. Ample time is afforded th'e operator to charge the feed-table, because it attains the limit of its downward movement by the time the pitman has completed two thirds of its advance stroke and remains at rest while the pitman is traversing the last third or slowest portion of said stroke. When the feed-table elevates the charge to the hopper, it is prevented from bulging therefrom by the oppositely-disposed retainers 1l 1la until the feed-head, arranged to start downwardly at this time, forces it down into the baling-chamber in front of. the advancing pitman. Upon the recoil of the pitman the feed table is again let down to receive another charge of material.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I have produced a self-feeder that is practical in operation, simple in construction, and thoroughly effective for the purposeintended.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a baling-press, a hopper having one ofv its sides hinged at its lower end, cables attached to the upper cornersthereof, sheaves located at the opposite corners of the hopper, a transverse bar to which the opposite ends of the cables are attached, another cable attached at its upper end to the central portion of the transverse bar, and at its opposite terminal tothe pitman, and. means for forcing the material from the hopper down into the baling-chamber, substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, a hopper having three Vertical sides, a feed-table hinged to close the open side thereof, cables secured to the upper lcorners of the feed-table, sheaves journaled at the opposite corners of the hopper over which said cables operate, a transverse bar. to which the opposite ends of the cables are attached, another cable attached at its upper end to the central portion of the bar` sides, a feed-table hinged to close the open IIO side thereof, retainers secured to the feed-table and opposite side of the hopper, cables fastened to the upper corners of the feedftable, sheaves journaled at the opposite corners of the hopper to guide the cables, a cross-bar to which the opposite ends of the cables are secured, another cable secured at its upper terminal to the central portion of the crossbar and at its opposite end to the pitman, and suitable ine-ans for forcing the material from the hopper downinto the baling-chamber,sub stantially as described.

4. In a baling-press, ahopper to receive the charge, a vertical track secured to one side thereof, an inverted bracket mounted upon the track, friction-rollersV jonrnaled on the bracket to maintain it on the track, a feedhead ad justably secured to the horizontal arm y of the bracket, a sheave-wheel journaled at the upper end of the track, a cable operating over the same and attached at itsupper end to the feed-head, a retractile spring connected at itsterrninals to the lower end of the cable and the paling-case, 'an oscillatory arm piv-v otally secured to the bed-plate, a cable attached at its opposite terminals tothe feed; head and said arm, a sheaVe-wheel to guide the cable, a lug secured to the arm, and a rotary cam-Wheel adapted to engage said lug at .regular intervals, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

" JOSIAH S. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

H. C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE. 

